Purpose: This year my class made Northeast State Podcasts that were accessed through our classroom website. Our Northeast State Podcasts are independently created projects which required students to conduct research via an IPod Touch application called US States. Next, students created an oral presentation which was recorded us iTalk and posted to our podcast page on Edublogs.org.Projects of this nature provide many benefits.
Standards: PDE
3.3.4 A Biological Sciences Know the similarities and differences of living things. Identify life processes of living things (e.g., growth, digestion, react to environment).
Know that some organisms have similar external characteristics (e.g., anatomical characteristics; appendages, type of covering, body segments) and that similarities and differences are related to environmental habitat.
Describe basic needs of plants and animals.
ISTE
3. Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
Purpose:
This year my class made Northeast State Podcasts that were accessed through our classroom website. Our Northeast State Podcasts are independently created projects which required students to conduct research via an IPod Touch application called US States. Next, students created an oral presentation which was recorded us iTalk and posted to our podcast page on Edublogs.org.Projects of this nature provide many benefits.
Example:
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Standards:
PDE
3.3.4 A Biological Sciences
Know the similarities and differences of living things.
Identify life processes of living things (e.g., growth, digestion, react to environment).
Know that some organisms have similar external characteristics (e.g., anatomical characteristics; appendages, type of covering, body segments) and that similarities and differences are related to environmental habitat.
Describe basic needs of plants and animals.
ISTE
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media